Its not true, just internet people freaking out. Its worth noting that the original post from Turkey (or wherever it was) was from a super relegious group that likes to make waves in the media. If, and I do mean *IF* anything were to happen (again, 99.99999% unlikely) it would first happen to Lucasfilm as the movies were already out for 30 years.

We are such stuff as manure is made of, so let's drink up and forget it... -Eugiene O'Neill

HA! So I just read the two english articles you posted, and here's what has happened:

Turkish super religious group complains"News" website calls lego to say "are you taking Jabba's Palace out of production?"Lego answers: "Lego has confirmed they will be taking the product off the market from next year according to Austrian media."

***NEXT YEAR would be the product's normal life cycle.***

Turkish group declares "victory"

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Welcome to the politics of "scandal making" in the modern 24-hour news cycle.

We are such stuff as manure is made of, so let's drink up and forget it... -Eugiene O'Neill

And to confirm, here's the english translation of the french article, which states exactly what I said:

In the background, it seems that the representatives of LEGO have somehow failed under pressure during a meeting with representatives of the Turkish community in Munich after which Birol Killic declared himself satisfied that LEGO has agreed to stop production set 9516 Jabba's Palace 2014.

LEGO would in any case stopped the production of this set in 2014, after two years of commercialization, and this "agreement" that seems to satisfy the complainant does not require LEGO really questioning its trade policy.

We are such stuff as manure is made of, so let's drink up and forget it... -Eugiene O'Neill

The majority of Lego sets have a lifespan of two years, taking this off the market next year will mean that the set lasted two years too. This is normal Lego policy and it seems to have been spun in a sense that makes all parties happy. Lego haven't actually backed down.

It's Lego pretending to address the complaints by doing what they would have done anyways. Meanwhile, the attention will surely push a few sales for people buying them thinking they'll be hard to find. In a year or two when they're discontinued the price will rise, as is typical with most sets it seems, and uninformed sources will cite this controversy as the reason.

I read this today, and I'm totally dumb founded how one group can dictate wether a set can cause offence, honestly this has got to be a joke. When does making a "very poor likeness" of a building reason enough to cause a set to be taken off the shelf?In case your wondering what I'm on about, read this!http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013 ... turks?lite

So they're saying, that if Lego made a St. Paul's Church model and used it in a Harry Potter set, it would piss some-one off?